The Raw Story | Frank Rich: America's 'fearing fear itself' era is over

The Raw Story | Frank Rich: America's 'fearing fear itself' era is over: "By crying wolf about terrorism way too often, usually when a distraction is needed from bad news in Iraq, he and his administration have long since become comedy fodder, and not just on 'The Daily Show.' June's scenario was particularly choice: As Baghdad imploded, Alberto Gonzales breathlessly unmasked a Miami terror cell plotting a 'full ground war' and the destruction of the Sears Tower, even though the alleged cell had no concrete plans, no contacts with terrorist networks and no equipment, including boots."